(17 Nov 2024, 9:08 pm)Malarkey wrote I disagree as shutting say Eldon Garden/Square Multi-Story Car Parks would alleviate the biggest issue in that area of Newcastle City Centre which is congestion, this would allow for this area to be significantly redeveloped with a proper "City Bus & Coach Station" which is desperately needed to integrate into other modes of transport within the city.

There has been a lot of discussion in previous plans for Park & Ride / Rapid Transit style services to be in place which wouldn't be successful unless some city parking is moved out of the city, other local bus services in there current guise would also potentially see growth in my opinion as a result, you just have look at the likes of York and Leeds for example who operate a number of well used services.

I still disagree what you'd do though is make people go elsewhere. 

York isn't comparable as it's a tourist place. If you took the tourists away the place would be dead though because everyone shops at Monks Cross and Clifton Moor. 

I can't comment on Leeds but the plans up here are horrible. Sites miles away using buses which are slow and unattractive. 

No-one is going to park near the Angel and sit on a bus for 20 minutes to Newcastle meandering through Low Fell etc. What they will do though is drive straight by and head to the MetroCentre or Team Valley instead if you made it impossible to drive into Newcastle.

Northumberland Park and Four Lane Ends are pretty much always dead and The Great Park is outright abandoned. I'm not sure what magical wand they've got that's suddenly going to make another one be any different.

I don't disagree with the traffic problems though, personally I'd love to see the whole of Eldon Garden come down with a new car park built coming off behind St James and brand new developments with a connection between the stadium and the bus stations but this is a whole different discussion. If this was a suitable size to replace both then get shot of the awful Eldon Square aswell. Percy Street in general is a miserable place.